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Rhodochrosite Psm Calcite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite Psm Calcite & Calcite

ex collection Gerda Wimmer
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Sailauf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen of massive rhodochrosite with calcite crystals in a vug. If you look closely, you can see that the 'vug' is in fact a cast of a rather large calcite scalenohedron - an epimorph.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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